Wearing Out My Welcome With The Blues
from As Certain As Sunrise by Sid Griffin
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lyrics
Coulda been a lawyer coulda been a king
Coulda been a doctor or any damn thing
Instead I'm the bearer of bad news
I'm wearing out my welcome with the blues
Coulda been your lover, coulda been your dad
Coulda been the best thing that you ever had
But now I'm so lonely it's not true
I'm wearing out my welcome with the blues
When Mr Blues sees me coming
He runs away to distant sunny shores
When Mr Blues knows I'm bummin'
He knows there'll be some bad times in store
Been to Yokohama fightin'in the war
Fought every kind of battles for hearts and minds and more
And now I'm a-reckonin' we're through
And I'm wearing out welcome with the blues
When Mr Blues sees me coming
He'll likely hide behind the general store
When Mr Blues knows I'm bummin'
He's pulled the shades before I reach his door
Been in love and lucky
Been in jail it's true
I've been from old Kentucky
And I'd miss it more than you
And now I'm a reckonin' we're through
And I'm wearing out my welcome
And now I'm just drinking here till two
And I'm wearing out my welcome with the blues
Coulda been a doctor or any damn thing
Instead I'm the bearer of bad news
I'm wearing out my welcome with the blues
Coulda been your lover, coulda been your dad
Coulda been the best thing that you ever had
But now I'm so lonely it's not true
I'm wearing out my welcome with the blues
When Mr Blues sees me coming
He runs away to distant sunny shores
When Mr Blues knows I'm bummin'
He knows there'll be some bad times in store
Been to Yokohama fightin'in the war
Fought every kind of battles for hearts and minds and more
And now I'm a-reckonin' we're through
And I'm wearing out welcome with the blues
When Mr Blues sees me coming
He'll likely hide behind the general store
When Mr Blues knows I'm bummin'
He's pulled the shades before I reach his door
Been in love and lucky
Been in jail it's true
I've been from old Kentucky
And I'd miss it more than you
And now I'm a reckonin' we're through
And I'm wearing out my welcome
And now I'm just drinking here till two
And I'm wearing out my welcome with the blues
credits
from As Certain As Sunrise,
released July 2, 2020
Written by Sid Griffin
© Sid Griffin
Published by Coal Train Tunes/Bug Music Ltd
Written by Sid Griffin
© Sid Griffin
Published by Coal Train Tunes/Bug Music Ltd
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Sid Griffin London, UK
Yep, I'm the guy from the Americana founders the Long Ryders in 1980s L.A. & the guy in the first ever alt-bluegrass act, the Coal Porters, recently out of London. You bet make solo albums & perform singer-songwriter gigs, I’ve toured solo from London to Los Angeles to Sydney to Hong Kong to Helsinki too. Million Dollar Bash is my well-received book on The Basement Tapes and I've never met Dylan. ... more
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Apr 28Leeds, UK
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Apr 29Bristol, UK
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May 1Leytonstone, UK
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May 8Oslo, Norway
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